Originally Posted By Tiggirl Major Events of 1993 * Marines killed in Somalia * Israel and PLO reach peace agreement * Terrorists attack the World Trade Center * Confrontation in Waco, TX ****** The thing I remember most from this list was the events in Waco. I remember watching them unfold on TV and feeling shocked. ====================== Popular Music 1. "A Whole New World" ... Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle 2. "Informer" ... Snow 3. "Freak Me" ... Silk 4. "That's the Way Love Goes" ... Janet Jackson 5. "Weak" ... SWV 6. "Can't Help Falling in Love" ... UB40 7. "Dreamlover" ... Mariah Carey 8. "I'd Do Anything for Love" ... Meat Loaf 9. "Again" ... Janet Jackson 10. "Hero" ... Mariah Carey ****** Of COURSE I looooved A Whole New World. I was a Disney Nerd even back then. I remember sitting in front of the speaker of our home stereo, blasting the whole Aladdin soundtrack and singing along. And the Meatloaf song was great! Well, you know... great in that terrible way. ==================== Popular Movies 1. Jurassic Park 2. The Fugitive 3. The Firm 4. Sleepless in Seattle 5. Aladdin 6. Mrs. Doubtfire 7. Indecent Proposal 8. In the Line of Fire 9. Cliffhanger 10. A Few Good Men ***** Jurassic Park... oh Man I remember my dad and I going to see that together. This was right around the time when my parents were spliting up and I remember it just felt like such a relief to get out of the house, get away from the tension and do something fun! Most Popular Books Fiction 1."The Bridges of Madison County" ... Robert James Waller 2."The Client" ... John Grisham 3."Slow Waltz at Cedar Bend" ... Robert James Waller 4."Without Remorse" ... Tom Clancey 5."Nightmares and Dreamscapes" ... Stephen King 6."Vanished" ... Danielle Steel 7."Lasher" ... Anne Rice 8."Pleading Guilty" ... Scott Turow 9."Like Water for Chocolate" ... Laura Esquivel 10."The Scorpio Illusion" ... Robert Ludlum •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Nonfiction 1."See I Told You" ... Rush Limbaugh 2."Private Parts" ... Howard Stern 3."Seinlanguage" ... Jerry Seinfeld 4."Embraced by the Light" ... Betty J. Eddie with Curtis Taylor 5."Ageless Body, Timeless Mind" ... Deepak Chopra 6."Stop the Insanity" ... Susan Powter 7."Women Who Run With the Wolves" ... Clarissa Pinkola 8."Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" ... John Gray 9."The Hidden Life of Dogs" ... Elizabeth Marshall Thomas 10."And If You Play Golf, You're My Friend" ... Harvey Penick with Bud Sharke ******* Out of all these books, the one I read when I was 13 way..."See I told You" by Rush Limbah. LOL! It was my dad's (Huge Republican suporter). After reading that book I decided I didn't ever want to be Republican and started fleshing out my liberal ideas. Thanks Rush!! ============= Most Popular Television Shows 1. 60 Minutes (CBS) 2. Home Improvement (ABC) 3. Seinfeld (NBC) 4. Roseanne (ABC) 5. Grace Under Fire (ABC) 6. Coach (ABC) 7. Frasier (NBC) 8. Monday Night Football (ABC) 9. Murphy Brown (CBS) 10. CBS Sunday Night Movie (CBS) ******* Home Improvement was my favorite here. Al looked just like my dad. Seinfeld holds good memories too because my mom doesn't really like TV but we'd all watch that as a family. ================= Academy Awards Best Picture: "Schindler's List" Best Director: Steven Spielberg ... "Schindler's List" Best Actor: Tom Hanks ... "Philadelphia" Best Actress: Holly Hunter ... "The Piano" Grammy Awards ******** I loved Philadelphia... but I don't think I saw it in the theater since at that time both parents were waaaaaay over protective of me and I couldn't even see a PG movie with out them seeing it first. ~Beth
Originally Posted By Mr X What a crappy, pop-culture wasteland my 13th year was spent in. Yes and Culture Club had the most popular hits. Beverly Hills Cop and Footloose were the hit "films". And Dynasty and Dallas were tops on the tube. Yuck! At least the Celtics won.
Originally Posted By mj9401 Major Events of 1986 Soviets free Natan Scharansky Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl Summit at Reykjavik Spain and Portugal enter the common market Marcos flees the Philippines US planes attack Tripoli Space Shuttle Challenger explodes in midair Iran Contra Affair Popular Music 1."That's What Friends Are For" ... Dionne Warwick and Friends 2."How Will I Know" ... Whitney Houston 3."Kryie" ... Mr. Mister 4."Sara" ... Starship 5."These Dreams" ... Heart 6."Rock Me Amadeus" ... Flaco 7."Kiss" ... Prince 8."Addicted to Love" ... Robert Palmer 9. "West End Girls" ... Pet Shop Boys 10."Greatest Love of All" ... Whitney Houston Top Ten Movies 1. Aliens 2. An American Tail 3. Back to School 4. Cobra 5. The Color of Money 6. The Color Purple 7. Crocodile Dundee 8. Down and Out in Beverly Hills 9. Ferris Bueller's Day Off 10. The Golden Child Most Popular Books Fiction 1. "It" by Stephen King 2. "Red Storm Rising" by Tom Clancy 3. "Whirlwind" by James Clavell 4. "The Bourne Supremacy" by Robert Ludlum 5. "Hollywood Husbands" by Jackie Collins Nonfiction 1. "Fatherhood" by Bill Cosby 2. "Fit for Life" by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond 3. "His Way" by Kitty Kelly 4. "The Rotation Diet" by Martin Katahn 5. "You're Only Old Once" by Dr. Seuss Most Popular Television Shows 1. The Cosby Show (NBC) 2. Family Ties (NBC) 3. Cheers (NBC) 4. Murder She Wrote (NBC) 5. The Golden Girls (NBC) 6. 60 Minutes (CBS) 7. Night Court (NBC) 8. Growing Pains (ABC) 9. Moonlighting (ABC) 10. Who's the Boss? ( ABC) Academy Awards Best Picture:"Out of Africa" Best Director: Sydney Pollack ... "Out of Africa" Best Actoraul Newman ... "The Color of Money" Best Actress:Marlee Matlin ... "Children of a Lesser God" Grammy Awards Record of the Year: "Higher Love" ... Steve Winwood Song of the Year: "That's What Friends Are For" ... Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager Best Album:"Graceland" ... Paul Simon Male Vocalist: Steve Winwood ... "Higher Love" Female Vocalist:Barbra Streisand ... "The Broadway Album" Gosh....1986 was the year that I started High School....an all girls catholic school with nuns so that was fun LOL!! I remember at the beginning of Year 7 I could not miss an episode of Growing Pains and I had posters of Kirk Cameron all over my room. From memory by the end of 1986 the Kirk posters were gone and had been replaced by Mr Bon Jovi himself. At the age of 13 I obviously didn't read papers or watch the news because I only vaguely remember the space shuttle exploding. I do remember Crocodile Dundee being a huge movie. One of my biggest memories of 1986 is wearing bubble skirts.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle >>My Catholic HS did not have nuns!<< Nor, presumably, was it all girls! I had the exact same schooling situation as you MJ but by the time I got there only a handful of the nuns were still teaching, which I think I'm grateful for ...
Originally Posted By tapdancemom Major Events of 1962 Malaysia Federation Border War between China and India Burundi Independent Uganda Gains Independence Adolf Eichman Guilty Algeria Independent Steel Prices Reduced US Commits to Vietnam Prayer Uncon. in Schools Environment Movement First Black at University of Mississpi American in Space Cuban Missile Crisis Last Bendix Race Telstar Broadcast Sports NBA: Boston Celtics vs. LA Lakers Series: 4-3 NCAA Football: USC Record: 11-0-0 Heisman Trophy: Terry Baker, oregon state, QB points: 707 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Chicago Blackhawks Series: 4-2 US Open Golf: Jack Nicklaus Score: 283* Course: Oakmont CC Location: Oakmont, PA (* playoff with arnold palmer) World Cup: Brazil vs. Czechoslovakia Score: 3-1 World Series: New York Yankees vs. San Francisco Giants Series: 4-3 Top Music of 1962 1."Pepermint Twist-Part I" ... Joey Dee 2."Duke of Earl" ... Gene Chandler 3."Hey! Baby" ... Bruce Channel 4."Don't Break My Heart That Loves You" ... Connie Francis 5."Jonny Angel" ... Shelley Fabares 6."Good Luck Charm" ... Elvis Presley 7."Soldier Boy" ... The Shirelles 8."Stranger on the Shore" ... Mr. Acker Bilk 9."I Can't Stop Loving You" ... Ray Charles 10."The Stripper" ... David Rose and His Orchestra Grammy Awards Record of the Year: "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" ... Tony Bennett Song of the Year: "What Kind of Fool Am I" ... Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley Song of the Year: "The First Family" ... Vaughn Meader Male Vocalist: Tony Bennett ... "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" Female Vocalist: Ella Fitzgerald ... "Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson Riddle" Top Movies of 1962 1. Spartacus 2. West Side Story 3. Lover Come Back 4. That Touch of Mink 5. El Cid 6. The Music Man 7. King of Kings 8. Hatari 9. The Flower Drum Song 10. The Interns Academy Awards Best Picture: "Lawrence of Arabia" Best Director: David Lean ... "Lawrence of Arabia" Best Actor: Gregory Peck ... "To Kill a Mockingbird" Best Actress: Anne Bancroft ... "The Miracle Worker" Most Popular Books Fiction 1."Ship of Fools"... Katherine Anne Porter. Little, Brown 2."Dearly Beloved" ...Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Harcourt, Brace & World 3."A Shade of Difference"... Allen Drury. Doubleday 4."Youngblood Hawke"... Herman Wouk. Doubleday 5."Franny and Zooey" ...J. D. Salinger. Little, Brown 6."Fail-Safe"...Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. McGrawHill 7."Seven Days in May"...Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II. Harper & Row 8."The Prize"... Irving Wallace. Simon & Schuster 9."The Agony and the Ecstasy"... Irving Stone. Doubleday 10. "The Reivers"... William Faulkner. Random House •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Nonfiction 1."Calories Don't Count" ...Dr. Herman Taller. Simon & Schuster 2."The New English Bible: The New Testament"... Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press 3."Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book: New Edition"... Meredith Publishing Co. 4."0 Ye Jigs & Juleps! "...Virginia Cary Hudson. Macmillan 5."Happiness Is a Warm Puppy"... Charles M. Schulz. Determined Productions 6."The Joy of Cooking: New Edition"... Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker. Bobbs-Merrill 7."My Life in Court"... Louis Nizer. Doubleday 8."The Rothschilds"...Frederic Morton. Atheneum Publishers 9."Sex and the Single Girl"...Helen Gurley Brown. Bernard Geis 10. "Travels with Charley"... John Steinbeck. Viking Press Most Popular Television Shows 1. The Beverly Hill Billies (CBS) 2. Candid Camera (CBS) 3. The Red Skelton Show (CBS) 4. Bonanza (NBC) 5. The Lucy Show (CBS) 6. The Andy Griffith Show (CBS) 7. Ben Cassey (ABC) 8. The Danny Thomas Show (CBS) 9. The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) 10. Gunsmoke (CBS)
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <I do remember Crocodile Dundee being a huge movie.> My sister had her first kiss watching that movie. lol (wow, and mj is younger than I thought too! lol)
Originally Posted By DlandJB Major Events of 1974 The major one for me was President Nixon resigning Sports – I never paid any attention to sports, although I did play softball when I was 12. Music Top 10 1."The Joker" ... Steve Miller Band 2."Show and Tell" ... Al Wilson 3."You're Sixteen" ... Ringo Starr 4."The Way We Were" ... Barbra Streisand 5."Love's Theme" ... Love Unlimited Orchestra 6."Seasons in the Sun" ... Terry Jacks 7."Dark Lady" ... Cher 8."Sunshine on My Shoulders" ... John Denver 9."Hooked on a Feeling" ... Blue Swede 10."Bennie and the Jets" ... Elton John Oh my – the year of some of the worst songs ever written! Seasons in the Sun!!! Oh yecch. However, I was a big fan of John Denver back then, and my mom took us to see him in concert – my first concert ever. Most Popular Movies of 1973 (for some reason it says ’73. There is no listing for the movies of 1974??? The Sting 2. The Exorcist 3. Papillon 4. Magnum Force 5. Herbie Rides Again 6. Blazing Saddles 7. Trial of Billy Jack 8. The Great Gatsby 9. Serpico 10. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (reissue) My Dad took us to see The Sting in downtown DC at one of the big movie houses. It was very, very exciting. Most Popular Books (Long lists) From the lists I read “All the President’s Men†(I had an awesome social studies teacher and she was very into Watergate) and Alistair Cooke’s America. Most Popular Television Shows (Television was my life back then) 1. All in the Family (CBS) 2. Sanford and Son (NBC) 3. Chico and the Man (NBC) 4. The Jeffersons (CBS) 5. M*A*S*H (CBS) 6. Rhoda (CBS) 7. Good Times (CBS) 8. The Waltons (CBS) 9. Maude (CBS) 10. Hawaii Five-O (CBS) I watched MASH, All in the Family and Rhoda. Always found The Waltons to be boring. I was also a big fan of Match Game – so there is no accounting for taste. The best thing about that year was meeting my best friend, Gretta, who all these years later is still my best friend.
Originally Posted By mj9401 >>Nor, presumably, was it all girls! I had the exact same schooling situation as you MJ but by the time I got there only a handful of the nuns were still teaching, which I think I'm grateful for ... << LB you should be very grateful!! They were ghastly women. TDG..gosh you have me frightened. How old did you think I was ????
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy LOL, I just thought you were the same as LB---a grown-up lady in her 30s.
Originally Posted By Labuda I was 13 in 1986 & 1987. Biggest things that happened that year were Chernobyl, Challenger and me getting shot. Oh, yeah, great times. On the music front, here's the top music & movies from 86: Popular Music 1."That's What Friends Are For" ... Dionne Warwick and Friends 2."How Will I Know" ... Whitney Houston 3."Kryie" ... Mr. Mister 4."Sara" ... Starship 5."These Dreams" ... Heart 6."Rock Me Amadeus" ... Flaco 7."Kiss" ... Prince 8."Addicted to Love" ... Robert Palmer 9. "West End Girls" ... Pet Shop Boys 10."Greatest Love of All" ... Whitney Houston I'm somewhat unhapy to admit that yeah, I loved and owned ALL of these songs, even the *shudder* Dionne Warwick & WHitney Houston. lol West End GIrls is my favorite off that list now. The rest are just too sappy for Adult Ann. Top Ten Movies 1. Aliens 2. An American Tail 3. Back to School 4. Cobra 5. The Color of Money 6. The Color Purple 7. Crocodile Dundee 8. Down and Out in Beverly Hills 9. Ferris Bueller's Day Off 10. The Golden Child Haven't seen #s 1, 4, 5, or 6 - I really need to make an effort to see #6. Moving on to the latter half of my 13th year, we have the following top film & music: Popular Music 1."Open Your Heart" ... Madonna 2."Livin' on a Prayer" ... Bon Jovi 3 ."Jacob's Ladder" ... Huey Lewis and the News 4."Lean on Me" ... Club Nouveau 5."Nothing's Going to Stop Us Now" ... Starship 6."I Knew You Were Waiting" ... Aretha Franklin & George Michael 7."Died in Your Arms" ... Cutting Crew 8."With or Without You" ... U2 9."You Keep Me Hangin' On" ... Kim Wilde 10."Always" ... Atlantic Starr On the whole, MUCH BETTER music, but I don't remember #10 there. Popular Movies 1. Beverly Hills Cop III 2. Dirty Dancing 3. Dragnet 4. Fatal Attraction 5. Full Metal Jacket 6. La Bamba 7. Lethal Weapon 8. The Living Daylights 9. A Nightmare on Elm Street 10. Outrageous Fortune Don't think I've heard of #8 there, but I've seen the rest (though FUll Metal Jacket not until I was wel into my 20s, and Nightmare on Elm Street not until about 3 or 4 years later at a slumber party).
Originally Posted By LacyBelle Major Events of 1982 Leonid Brezhnev dies Israel invades Lebanon Falkland Islands War Lebanese Phalange Massacre Palestinians at Sabre and Shatila *****This was the year I started high school. I had never given much thought to world events before, but hearing about these events in the middle east and the Falklands (following just a few years after the Iran hostage crisis) I sort of "woke up" to the world around us. Sports NBA: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Philadelphia 76ers Series: 4-2 NCAA Football: Penn State Record: 11-1-0 Heisman Trophy: Herschel Walker, georgia, RB Points: 1,926 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders vs. Vancouver Canucks Series: 4-0 Super Bowl XVI: San Francisco 49ers vs. Cincinnati Bengals Score: 26-21 US Open Golf: Tom Watson Score: 282 Course: Pebble Beach GL Location: Pebble Beach, CA World Cup Soccer: Italy vs. West Germany Score: 3-1 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Milwaukee Brewers series: 4-3 *****I didn't follow sports much at all at the time. Mom & Dad spent every Fall/Winter Sunday watching the football games, while I tried to find something else to do in my room -- Atari, watching TV, reading, going out to play with a friend (whether permitting). Popular Music of 1982 1."I Can't Go for That" ... Daryl Hall and John Oates 2."Centerfold" ... J. Geils Band 3."I Love Rock n' Roll" ... Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 4."Chariots of Fire" ... Vangelis 5."Ebony and Ivory" ... Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder 6."Don't You Want Me" ... The Human League 7."Eye of the Tiger" ... Survivor 8."Abracadabra" ... Steve Miller Band 9."Hard to Say I'm Sorry" ... Chicago 10."Jack and Diane" ... John Cougar *****I have to admit, I still like many of these songs -- J, Geils, Joan Jett, Human League. My sophomore year in high school, we did a music theme for homecoming week. One of the skits that was performed at our lunchtime show was "Ebony & Ivory". They pushed a piano out there on stage. The two guys cast to play Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder did a great job, well, you know, with the lip synching and play acting and all. LOL I never got into the Chariots of Fire thing. I never saw the movie (and still have no desire to see it). I didn't like the song, becuase it didn't have words to sing along to. Popular Movies 1. Absence of Malice 2. Annie 3. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 4. Chariots of Fire 5. Conan the Barbarian 6. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial 7. Firefox 8. First Blood 9. Friday The 13th, Part III 10. Modern Problems Aaaah. The year of E.T. Loved this movie and went to the theater 3 or 4 times to see it. I might have also gone to see Modern Problems in the theater. Whorehouse, Firefox, First Blood, and Friday the 13th would have to wait until they were released on VHS or shown on HBO. Most Popular Books Fiction 1. "ET: The Extraterrestrial Storybook" by William Kotzwinkle 2. "Space" by James Michener 3. "The Parsifal Mosaic" by Robert Ludlum 4. "Master of the Game" by Sidney Sheldon 5. "Mistral's Daughter" by Judith Krantz *****I didn't read any of these novels at the time, but remember Mom reading Space. It was another year or two before I started reading Sidney Sheldon and Judith Krantz stuff. Nonfiction 1. "Jane Fonda's Workout Book" by Jane Fonda 2. "Living, Loving, and Learning" by Leo Buscaglia 3. "And More" by Andy Rooney 4. "Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book" 5. "Life Extension" by Durk Pearson *****Jane Fonda. Haha. I think the only book of these that I've read/own is the Better Homes and Garden cookbook. LOL Most Popular Television Shows 1. 60 Minutes (CBS) 2. Dallas (CBS) 3. M*A*S*H (CBS) 4. Magnum, P.I. (CBS) 5. Dynasty (ABC) 6. Three's Company (ABC) 7. Simon & Simon (CBS) 8. Falcon Crest (CBS) 9. The Love Boat (ABC) 10. The A-Team ( NBC) *****I had little interest in 60 Minutes, but if it was on I found some of the stories interesting. It wasn't "appointment TV", like M*A*S*H, Dynasty, Three's Company, or The Love Boat. I had zero interest in the A-Team (still don't care for Mr.T) and Simon & Simon. For some reason I also never got into Dallas or Falcon Crest. I did follow the whole "Who Shot JR" thing, but mostly in the entertainment news. I wished I'd watched Magnum, PI, but for some reason wasn't interested at the time. I wasn't a fan of action as much as romance and comedy. Academy Awards Best Picture: "Gandhi" Best Director: Richard Attenborough ... "Gandhi" Best Actor: Ben Kingsley ... "Gandhi" Best Actress: Meryl Streep ... "Sophie's Choice" *****We went on a school trip for one of my classes (English, maybe) to see "Ghandi" in the theater. It was kinda fun going to the movies on a school day, but I recall the movie being pretty long and slow. I should try watching it again someday, now that I have a longer attention span. Grammy Awards Record of the Year: "Rosanna" ... Toto Song of the Year: "Always on My Mind" ... Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Thompson Best Album: "Toto IV" ... Toto Male Vocalist: Lionel Richie ... "Truly" Female Vocalist: Melissa Manchester... "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" *****I never really watched awards shows, so can't recall this event. I did like Toto and Lionel Richie, though. Tony Awards Best Play: "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" ... David Edgar Best Musical: "Nine" Best Actor in a play: Roger Rees ... "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Best Actress in a play: Zoe Caldwell ... "Medea" Best Actor in a musical: Ben Harney ... "Dreamgirls" Best Actress in a musical: Jennifer Holiday ... "Dreamgirls" *****Didn't follow the theater at all. My 13th year was definitely a year of growing up. Moving on to high school, becoming more aware of the world around me, starting to really appreciate music. I was definitely awkward and geeky, but I still have a few of the friends I made at the time in school. For that, I am grateful.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice News & Events: 1971 India invades Pakistan Communist China joins the UN, replacing Taiwan Idi Amin siezes power in Uganda Winners in Sports NBA Champioship Milwaukee Bucks vs. Baltimore Bullets Series: 4-0 NCAA Football Nebraska Record: 13-0-0 Stanley Cup Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Blackhawks Series: 4-3 Super Bowl V Baltimore Ravens vs. Dallas Cowboys Score: 16-13 Heisman Trophy Pat Sullivan, Auburn, QB points: 1,597 U.S. Open (Golf) Lee Trevino Score: 280 Course: Merion GC Location: Ardmore, PA World Series Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Baltimore Orioles Score: 4-3 Most Popular Music********* I absolutely LOVED Carole King's "Tapestry" album. Me and my girlfriends played it and sang along dozens of times! And I always thought that "Brown Sugar" was an older song than that. It's amazing, looking at it listed with all the others - SO VERY much better than most! 1."Knock Three Times" ... Dawn 2."One Bad Apple" ... The Osmonds 3."Me and Bobby McGee" ... Janis Joplin 4."Just My Imagination" ... The Temptations 5."Joy to the World" ... Three Dog Night 6."Brown Sugar" ... The Rolling Stones 7."Want Ads" ... The Honey Cone 8."It's Too Late/I Feel the Earth Move" ... Carole King 9."Indian Reservation" ... The Raiders 10."You've Got A Friend" ... James Taylor Most Popular Movies******* "Love Story" - The first time I ever openly wept at the movies. My friends and I were complete messes by the time we left the theater. "Willard" - My little brother and I saw this at the Cinerama Theater (doesn't exist anymore) here in Las Vegas, along with "Night of the Living Dead." We were brave young souls! 1. Love Story 2. Little Big Man 3. Summer of '42 4. Ryan's Daughter 5. The Owl and t he Pussycat 6. The Aristocats 7. Carnal Knowledge 8. Willard 9. The Andromeda Strain 10. Big Jake Most Popular Books******** Out of this list, I read "The Betsy" (I came to appreciate Harold Robbins and his peers at a young, ermmm... 'curious' age ;-) and "The Exorcist" (much dirtier than the movie) and "The Other" (scary, but I don't recall it very well now.) Fiction 1."Wheels" ... Arthur Hailey. Doubleday 2."The Exorcist" ... William P. Blatty. Harper & Row 3."The Passions of the Mind" ... Irving Stone. Doubleday 4."The Day of the Jackal" ... Frederick Forsyth. Viking Press 5."The Betsy" ... Harold Robbins. Trident Press 6."Message from Malaga" ... Helen MacInnes. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 7."The Winds of War" ... Herman Wouk. Little, Brown 8."The Drifters" ... James A. Michener. Random House 9."The Other" ... Thomas Tryon. Knopf 10."Rabbit Redux" ... John Updike. Knopf ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Nonfiction******** Thank goodness for the 'yummy' library of my most consistent babysitting customer... I read "The Sensuous Man" and there are STILL parts of that book burned into my mind's eye. ;-) 1."The Sensuous Man" ... "M." Lyle Stuart 2."Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" ... Dee Brown. Holt, Rinehart & Winston 3."Better Homes and Gardens Blender Cook Book" ... Meredith 4."I'm O.K., You're O.K." ... Thomas Harris. Harper & Row 5."Any Woman Can!" ... David Reuben, M.D., McKay 6."Inside the Third Reich"... Albert Speer. Macmillan 7."Eleanor and Franklin" ... Joseph P. Lash. Norton 8."Wunnerful, Wunnerful!" ... Lawrence Welk. Prentice-Hall 9."Honor Thy Father" ... Gay Talese. World 10."Fields of Wonder" ... Rod McKuen. Random House Most Popular Television Shows******* "All in the Family"... Archie Bunkder was and always has been my dad in small screen with an audience laughing. Almost as scary as "The Exorcist," eh? And I LOVED "Mannix" - Never missed it! 1. All in the Family" (CBS) 2. The Flip Wilson Show (NBC) 3. Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) 4. Gunsmoke (CBS) 5. ABC Movie of the Week (ABC) 6. Sanford and Son (NBC) 7. Mannix (CBS) 8. Funny Face (CBS) 9. Adam 12 (NBC) 10. Here's Lucy (CBS) That was fun, Lisa... Thanks!!
Originally Posted By alexbook I turned 13 in the summer of 1973, so I think of "when I was 13 years old" as the 1973-74 school year. *The* big news stories were the Watergate investigation, which I followed almost obsessively, and the Vietnam War, which even conservatives were starting to admit we'd lost. There was also the Yom Kippur War, but that was over and done in under a month. Everything else passed pretty much under the radar as far as I was concerned. Music: I have no idea what was popular, but I didn't like it. I was mostly into show tunes. I didn't really get into rock until high school. Movies: I think the first time my brother and I ever got dropped off at the movies, instead of being taken to the movies by an adult, would have been for "Jesus Christ Superstar." Books: I was just starting to escape from the kids' section of the library. This was the year I discovered science fiction, and Isaac Asimov particularly. TV: The family would gather in the living room in the evenings to watch sitcoms and argue endlessly, and I would escape to the bedroom I shared with my brother. That was my best "alone" time. School: This was the year I realized I wasn't good enough to make the chess team. It was also the year I started really soaring ahead of the rest of the class in math. English and history were struggles, but they kept passing me. PE was torture, of course. And I got to pick my first "elective" courses ever--I went for choir and typing.
Originally Posted By DAR Popular Music 1."All 4 Love" ... Color Me Badd 2."Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" ... George Michael & Elton John 3."I'm Too Sexy" ... Right Said Fred <-- The Party Classic 4."To Be With You" ... Mr. Big 5."Save the Best for Last" ... Vanessa Williams 6."Jump" ... Kris Cross <-- Heh, I used to love this song, what was wrong with me. 7."I'll Be There" ... Mariah Carey 8."Baby Got Back" ... Sir Mix-A-Lot <--- Another song I loved then, Anaconda anyone? 9."This Used to Be My Playground" ... Madonna 10."End Road" ... Boyz II Men That's from 1992 to the year I graduated, ugh what lousy songs. Give me the 80's any day.
Originally Posted By DlandJB Alexbook, you certainly don't look your age. I thought you were under 30.
Originally Posted By iceknyght Major Events of 1988 Soviets pull out of Afghanastan Ten day seige of Golden Temple Longest undersea tunnel opens Iranian passenger jet shot down by the US Gorbachev announces unilateral troop cuts ***Okay, I don't remember most of this... I must have been busy doing something other than keeping up on current events... LOL! Sports NBA: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit Pistons Series: 4-3 NCAA Football: Notre Dame Record: 12-0-0 Heisman Trophy: Barry Sanders, oklahoma state, RB points: 1,878 Stanley Cup: Edmunton Oilers vs. Boston Bruins Series: 4-0 Super Bowl XXII: Washington Red Skins vs. Denver Broncos Score: 42-10 US Open Golf: Curtis Strange Score: 278* Course: The Country Club Location: Brookline, MA (*Playoff with Nick Faldo) World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Oakland A's Series: 4-1 ***Okay, now this stuff I remember! I especially remember the World Series for some reason... I guess I was more into baseball at the time... Popular Music 1."So Emotional" ... Whitney Houston 2."Got My Mind Set on You" ... George Harrison 3."The Way You Make Me Feel" ... Michael Jackson 4."Need You Tonight" ... INXS 5."Could've Been" ... Tiffany 6."Season Change" ... Expose 7."Father Figure" ... George Michael 8."Never Gonna Give You Up" ... Rick Astley 9."Man In the Mirror" ... Michael Jackson 10."Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" ... Billy Ocean ***Is it sad that I still listen to all of these songs and have them on my iPod? It was back when Michael Jackson was good (and black)... Popular Movies 1. Beetlejuice 2. Big 3. Bull Durham 4. Cocktail 5. Colors 6. Coming to America 7. Crocodile Dundee II 8. Die Hard 9. A Fish Called Wanda 10. Good Morning, Vietnam ***Wow, some good movies that I still watch today (I love Beetlejuice, Die Hard and Coming to America) and some crap... Crocodile Dundee II? Oh Lord... Most Popular Books Fiction 1. "The Tommyknockers" by Stephen King 2. "Patriot Games" by Tom Clancy 3. "Kaleidoscope" by Danielle Steele 4. "Misery" by Stephen King 5. "Leaving Home" by Garrison Keillor ***Ohhh, The Tommyknockers! I loved that book! I read it twice and it freaked the heck outta me! It's what got me started on Stephen King books! Nonfiction 1. "Time Flies" by Bill Cosby 2. "Spy Catcher" by Peter Wright 3. "Family: The Ties That Bind" and "Gag" by Erma Bombeck 4. "Veil: Secret Wars of the CIA " by Bob Woodward 5. "A Day in the Life of America" by Rick Smolan ***I didn't read any of these... LOL! Most Popular Television Shows 1. The Cosby Show (NBC) 2. A Different World (NBC) 3. Cheers (NBC) 4. The Golden Girls (NBC) 5. Growing Pains (ABC) 6. Who's the Boss? (ABC) 7. Night Court (NBC) 8. 60 Minutes (CBS) 9. Murder, She Wrote (CBS) 10. Alf (NBC) ***Alf! Wow. I think I watched all of these except for Murder, She Wrote and 60 Minutes... Academy Awards Best Picture: "Rain Man" Best Director: Barry Levinson ... "Rain Man" Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman ... "Rain Man" Best Actress: Jodie Foster ... "The Accused" ***Wow, Rainman... Yeah, definitely Rainman... Grammy Awards Record of the Year: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" ... Bobby McFerrin Best Song: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" ... Bobby McFerrin Best Album: "Faith" ... George Michael Male Vocalist: Bobby McFerrin ... "Don't Worry, Be Happy" Female Vocalist: Tracy Chapman ... "Fast Car" ***I guess there was a lot of people not worrying and being happy...
